A survey of natural electromagnetic noise in the frequency range f = 1-10 kHz at Halley station, Antarctica: 1. Radio atmospherics from lightning

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-277

  Smith, A J ^a   Jenkins, P J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE; LIGHTNING;

ANTARCTICA, HALLEY STATION;

EID: 0031778821     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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